Albany Standard

There were 1,438 Hispanic students enrolled in Tift County school district in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Tift County school district welcomed 7,194 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 20% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county's school district.

This is the only school district located within Tift County, with its main office in Tifton.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia's public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.

District	% Hispanic students	Total enrollment
Tift County	20%	7,194